Charcoal grill



A. J. AVETTA CHARCOAL GRILL May 21, 1940.

Filed Dec. 14, 1938 INVENTOR. t awe/V 5, M

ATTORNEY.

Patented May21, 1940 2,201,756-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARCOAL GRILL Albert J. Avetta, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application December 14, 1938, Serial No. 245,621

' 2 Claims. (01. 12s-s0) This invention relates to new and useful imexpanded metal sidewalls. A bolt 9 is provided provements in charcoal grills for broiling meats, to brace the angle brackets 6 so that when asfish, fowl and the like, and it is among the obsembled the angle brackets and the charcoal jects thereof to provide a grill which shall provide basket constitute a rigid structure, capable of maximum broiling area with a minimum consupporting the food in the grills l on both sides sumption of charcoal, in which the broiling surof the broiler. faces are vertically disposed, whereby the fat and As shown in Fig. 4, a hopper l0 may be mountjuices of the food, when broiling, do not drip on ed on one side of the grill by an angle bracket the hot coals, which would produce flamesthat II, the hopper having flared extensions l2 to 10 deposit soot on the food in the conventional form guide the charcoal brickettes. A gate I3 is pro- 1 of horizontal broiler. vided to release the charcoal to permit it to drop Another object of the invention is to provide a in the basket. grill which is compact, durable and of relatively As shown in Fig. 3, the charcoal-retaining grid light weight, and in which the grill-supporting or basket I is relatively narrow to utilize a minibase and the food-supporting brackets are remum amount of charcoal to furnish an intense movable and constructed to be placed within the heat along the entire sidewalls on both sides of grill to facilitate handling and the transportation the grid. The food to bebroiled, such as steaks of the grill. l5, for example, are placed in the grills 1, which These and other objects of the invention will open, as shown in Fig. 2, and which are closed to 5:0 become more apparent from a consideration of firmly hold the food by bringing the handle porthe accompanying drawing constituting a part tions together and slipping a ring 14 over the hereof in which like reference characters desighandles. One of the handle members is looped nate like parts and in which: at the ends to slide over the supporting bracket Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of va grill em- 6 and the grill can be placed in any position, -23 bodying the principles of this invention; close or distant from the heat of the charcoal 25 Fig. 2 a side elevational view thereof; bed. Fig. 3 a top plan view of the grill with the By constructing the grill, as shown, both sides grill-supporting members removed; and of the grill may be simultaneously used, thus Fig. 4 a front elevational View of such a grill, giving a large broiling capacity for a relatively :ru broken away, with one of the top corners, as small charcoal bed, and as any drippings from shown, provided with a hopper for conveniently the steaks or other food will be downward, they feeding charcoal to the basket. will not drip on the charcoal to produce a flame,

In the several figures of the drawing, the strucwhich would blacken the food, as in the horizonture therein illustrated comprises a basket I made tal type of broilers. The hopper construction emof expanded metal or any other perforated metal, ployed in Fig. 4 is useful where grills are to be 3.- the base and sidewalls of which are preferably inemployed in restaurants, but for private use and tegrally formed. Channel-shaped end brackets Outings the Plain yp as Shown in Figs- 1 t0 2 are secured to the basket I by bolts, rivets or by is suitable. welding, the end brackets supplying rigidity and By removing the rods 5 and lifting the angle strength to the basket portion I. As shown in brackets 6 and placing them inside of the basket 4) Fig. 1, the basket I is spaced from the bottom of I, there is only one item to be transported which the end brackets 2 and the lower portions of the does not utilize much space. end brackets are provided with perforations 4 to Although one embodiment of the invention receive rods 5 which are in sliding engagement has been herein illustrated and described, it will 4.) with the end brackets 2 0 r a relatively wide be evident to those skilled in the art that various 4 base on which the grill is supported. When not modifications may be made in the details of conin use, the rods 5 are removed and placed in the struction without departing from the principles grid on basket I. herein set forth.

Supporting brackets 6 are provided to support I clai grills 1 in which the food is placed, the bracket 1, A charcoal gri11 comprising a, charcoal sup- 50 6 being Provided W t tongues 8 wh c porting basket of expanded metal having end hook Ove t e expanded metal, there being two brackets at the sides thereof, joined to the extongues on each angle bracket spaced a substanpanded metal, said end brackets having attachtial distance apart so that when placed in posiments for supporting the basket on its base, and

tion the brackets 6 are rigidly supported on the food-supporting brackets extending from both 55 sidewalls, sheet metal end brackets of substantially channel-shape attached to the sidewalls, having perforations at the base thereof, and rods disposed through the perforations of the end brackets to constitute a supporting base for the 5 grill.

ALBERT J. AVETTA. 

